First photo ever posted on the Web is turning 20

Like most of us, you probably don’t. It was uneventful at the time. But thanks to it, you can post your favorite photos online.

Now we know whom to thank for those pictures people take of themselves through their bathroom mirrors and display for the world to see. (Will that trend ever stop?)

Next week, on July 18, according to Mother Board, the World Wide Web’s first photo will be 20 years old.

The 1992 picture was nothing more than a promotion for a girl group based at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland, home of the Web’s pioneers. But the story behind it is beyond odd. And, apparently, it involves scientists and a cross-dresser.